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Home Toys
February 2005
Steve Faber |
Theater Acoustics Soundtracks in modern motion pictures are delicately crafted masterpieces. Here's how to maximize these audio masterpieces when creating a room for your home theater.   |
Home Theater
November 2002
Mike Wood |
Design the Ultimate Home Theater -- On a Budget Part two: Construction and acoustic treatment. |
Home Toys
February 2006
Steve Faber |
Home Theater Design and Construction For part 4 in this home theater design and installation series, here's a look at more interior room acoustics and some home theater lighting design considerations. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Larry Holben |
Total Room Home Theater: What is is? Prior to installing a new home theater, consideration needs to be given to everything from the ground up starting with the floor. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
Acoustics The fundamental goal in designing a room for motion picture or music is to achieve the sound at the listeners ears that the producer intends. |
Home Toys
June 2006 |
InfoComm 2006 - Recap For over 50 years, InfoComm has been the show dealers turn to when looking for technology solutions to their application needs: Nuvu projection screen... Chief Manufacturing's RPA Elite projection mount... etc. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Steve Faber |
Home Theater Design Part One If your budget allows, you can used advanced construction techniques to keep your theater soundtrack from annoying the rest of your house. In addition, you can keep outside noises from intruding into your theater. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Larry Holben |
Total Room Home Theater Part 2 Here are different methods of acoustically treating the interior of your home theater/media room. |
Home Toys
October 2005
Len Calderone |
Home Toys Show Report Cedia Expo 2005 - Part 1 Hot products from the home electronics show: Seura television mirror... PianoDisc... Aurora MX-950 from Universal Remote Control... Illuminaire has introduced ambient light technology... etc. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Jon Robbins |
How to Create a Custom-Designed Home Theater Working with an expert gives you the personal guidance you need to plan, program, and perfect every detail of your ultimate home theater. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Imhof & Mistarz |
Flat Panel Mount Installation: Tips and Techniques for Success Top 10 Countdown Regardless of whether you're a professional home theater installer or a retailer offering in-home mounting options, you'll want to keep the following "Top Ten" tips and techniques at the top of your mind. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Albert Von Schweikert |
A Few Tips on Choosing Home Theater Speakers In order to make a short-list of equipment to evaluate, here is a primer on how to go about choosing a suitable speaker system for your dream system. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Richard Railey |
Projection: Which is the best choice for your needs? When it comes to Home Video Projection there seems to be a compromise between the amount one is willing to spend and the quality available at the right price. DLP, LCD or CRT projectors; what do these terms mean and does the latest buzz mean it is the best? |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
InfoComm 2005 Show Report A review of home entertainment products featured at InfoComm 2005 ranging from home theater to software that automates security and lighting. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Steve Faber |
Home Theater Design & Construction The correct seating and speaker placement to get the best sound quality and preserve the true theater experience. |
Home Theater
June 2003
Mark Elson |
Emotion in Motion If you desperately want to reconfigure your home theater but your room presents too many constrictions, you need creative solutions. These products can help. |
Home Toys
December 2002
David Smith |
Maximize the Performance of your In-wall Speakers This article discusses how and where to mount your in-wall speakers for best performance. It explains how the wall cavity can strongly affect their performance, and what to do about it. |
Home Theater
October 2002
Mike Wood |
Design the Ultimate Home Theater -- On a Budget Home theater design breaks down into four major components: room design, construction, acoustic treatment, and system setup. |
Home Toys
October 2003
Steve McConaughey |
CEDIA 2003 - Report The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association's annual expo offers something for everyone in outfitting a home with the latest in entertainment gear. Whole house audio continues to be high on homeowners' wish lists and therefore continues to drive innovation in that sector. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Richard S. Burrows |
Size Matters So you are thinking about building a home theater. The big screen experience is so much more impressive and enjoyable than even the largest plasma at literally a fraction of the cost -- and now you have total control over the size! |
Home Toys
April 2005
Marlene Fawkes |
And the Answer is: A Motorized Ceiling Projector Lift Before you make the final decision of what to buy, you must be satisfied with three important elements: price, technical support (both during and after the sale), and product performance. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2004 |
Glossary of Audiovisual Terms The following is a primer of terms you'll likely encounter when purchasing projectors, monitors and other presentation products. |
This Old House
Scott Gibson |
Living Down Under Most basements are little more than a place to cultivate cobwebs and store cans of paint. But they are an ideal place for the low-cost extra bedroom, family room or workout space you've always wanted. And as we show here, basements can be turned into any one of several living areas. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2007 |
Drywall Made Simple: Buy, Install and Finish in 13 Easy Steps While there is no such thing as a perfect building material, drywall comes pretty close. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2005
Todd Moffett |
Display Technology `Tradeoffs' Educators face an array of options when shopping for the latest displays. To choose wisely, first carefully assess the needs of your schools. |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
Mathews Light Paper - Part One First in a series of "Light Papers" that address technical and aesthetic issues relating to the application of lighting in home theater environments. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Terry Coffey |
Choosing a Front Projection Screen Today's projection screens are much more sophisticated than the old bedsheet on a clunky tripod your dad used to drag out of the closet to show Super-8 home movies. Here are a few choices you may face. Permanent vs. portable?... Surface mounted or recessed?... etc. |
Home Theater
September 27, 2001 |
Owens Corning Debuts All-Black Acoustical Insulation Owens Corning has two new acoustical insulation products, SelectSound Black Acoustic Blanket and SelectSound Black Acoustic Board, that may ease your home theater installation woes considerably... |
Home Toys
August 2005
Andrew Ghigo |
Rear Projection TV Facts One of the big questions every home theater enthusiast has to face when planning a new home theater is whether to invest in a rear projection TV, or to opt for the two piece video projector - screen setup. |
Home Theater
March 2007
Adrienne Maxwell |
ViewSonic Cine5000 DLP Projector The Cine5000 has potential, thanks to its solid video performance. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
A Consumer Guide: Choosing the Right Large Screen Display for Your Home You don't have to be a "techie" to use a large screen display. In fact, many are as easy to use as a regular TV. |
This Old House
Tom Silva |
Sound Solutions Sound-proofing is a complicated and difficult structural result to achieve - and it's rarely done in the course of ordinary house-building. |
Home Toys
October 2005
Art Feierman |
Optoma MovieTime DV10 All-in-One Home Theater Projector System The system is hard not to like. Easy to setup, easy to move to a different location, and image quality comparable to virtually any other entry level projector, and better than many, it should gain a huge following. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Richard S. Burrows |
Running Interference: Not all Projector Screens are Created Equal The big screen experience from a front projector is so much more impressive and enjoyable than even the largest plasma or LCD TV at literally a fraction of the cost, but not all projector screen materials are designed for peak performance. |
Macworld
October 2002
Jeff Pittelkau |
Bright, Light Projectors Illuminate Business or Home Compact projectors are playing new roles on the road and in the home. Easy to tote, the latest models weigh about the same as or less than your PowerBook, and they're around the same size as the lunch box you may have carried when you were a kid. |
This Old House
Steve Hayes |
The Media Room State-of-the-art sights and sounds are right at home in Milton. |
Home Toys
October 2005
Len Calderone |
Cedia Expo 2005 - Part 3 KEF KIT100 5.1 sound system... ARTcoustic's loudspeakers and subwoofers... iGroove from Klipsch... JVC SX-WD8/10... Atlantic IWCB-525 speakers... A new I-deck for Ipod from Monitor Audio... SpeakerCrafts' MODE... etc. |
Home Theater
March 2006
Adrienne Maxwell |
Epson PowerLite Cinema 550 LCD Projector While its resolution is average, the Cinema 550 boasts an excellent contrast ratio and black level, solid film processing, little digital noise, and highly configurable color settings - all for an outstanding price. |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
Planar PD8150 DLP Projector A look at the company's newly introduced, feature-rich 1080p DLP flagship, the single-chip PD8150 ($7,999) projector. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2006
Michelle Gamble-Risley |
Projectors: The Big Picture New projection systems are allowing teachers to bring the world large right into the classroom. |
Home Theater
June 28, 2002 |
Epson's 1st Home Theater Projector The PowerLite TW-100 features three LCD panels, Faroudja's DCDi video processing, a 600:1 contrast ratio, and 720p resolution in a 16:9 widescreen format. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Scott Ceretti |
Have a Home Theater Plan The decision to buy a new home theater is just the beginning. Next comes deciding on how much to spend, what to get, where to get it, who's going to install it, and so much more. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Tom Grounds |
Home Theater Project: Media Room Finding the right place for everything in your home theater system. |
Home Toys
December 2005 |
Lights, Plasma, Action! Proper lighting control is essential to a well-designed home theater. And among the myriad choices in lighting control, it is easy to find a system within your budget. |
Home Theater
June 2007
Thomas J. Norton |
Sony VPL-AW15 BRAVIA LCD Video Projector Sony's VPL-AW15 BRAVIA LCD video projector will give you a big, crisp, reasonably bright image for less than the cost of a good rear projection set |
Home Toys
August 2005
Nigel Brent |
Plenum Rated Box Concealing the amplifier and all ceiling mounted projector equipment in one neat box mounted in the ceiling space. |
Home Toys
December 2003
Jeff Morris |
Reinventing the Television Industry The new flat TVs are perfect for hanging on the wall, just like any piece of art. But hanging a TV is slightly more involved than hanging a piece of art. Here are some things to consider. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Len Calderone |
New Projection Screen Breakthrough Projector technology has advanced greatly in the last few years while screen technology has basically remained unchanged. Now the use of pure optics is changing the way that we look at movies. |
Home Toys
April 2006
Hal Truax |
The Flat Panel Business is Mounting Flat panel displays are being installed in kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, and in some instances, garages. Some of these are installed in such a way that the panel can be viewed from multiple locations. To facilitate this, new cantilever or articulating mounts have been introduced. |
This Old House
March 9, 2000
Meghan Drueding |
Lofty Ambitions Try one of these seven ceiling treatments to improve the space overhead. |
